The Princelings and the Pirates is ten years old today! I rather let the first book’s anniversary slide by with out too much hoo-hah, but I’ve a special offer for you this week (till 7th February). If you haven’t already
#IWSG | Time for Editing at last
Although time for editing isn’t the question of the month for the Insecure Writers Support Group this month, I thought you’d be happy to know I’ve finally got my editing hat back on. September was incredibly busy, and October looks
Winterton Dunes – my favourite wild place #30DaysWild
Winterton Dunes have featured in my life for the last ten years at least. I arrived in Norfolk in 2006, and may have visited them that summer. It was not until the BTO surveys for the Bird Atlas (2007-2011) that
Monday memories | An interview with Ludo, the Pirate King
The Pirate King first appeared in the Princelings and the Pirates. This interview comes from a series I did in the summer of 2012 – five years ago!! I can’t quite believe it. You may find it interesting, as I
Launching on Friday – The Princelings Box Set!
Yes, I know it’s Black Friday and all that, but it suited my purposes to bring out the first box set of the Princelings of the East series, Books 1 – 3. This volume combines the existing three ebooks of the
Goodreads Giveaway for the Princelings and the Pirates
As you know, my Princelings series is now available as six paperback books, and I’ve just given away two copies of Book One as a Goodreads Giveaway. Now it’s the turn of the Princelings and the Pirates, but I’m only giving
Friday Fiction: Victor’s story
I’m cheating this week; I’m too busy with the new book to write a flash fiction, and anyway it’s Victor’s birthday, or would have been (his seventh), so I’d have featured him in something new. Seven is pretty much the
Tuesday Read – Princelings and the Pirates
This is the second of my posts in the lead up to Read Tuesday (9th December) – an excerpt from each of my books. There will be special offers available for Read Tuesday itself – see details at the end
A Little Book News
I was reading Chuck Wendig’s post about self-promotion, and how you should present yourself and your books as the best version of yourself that you can. I realised that anyone reading my blog recently probably wouldn’t know that I write
Tuesday Haiku #5
This week’s haiku is another for the series – this time the second book, The Princelings and the Pirates. Who’s stealing the wine? Fred, George and Victor find out and find trouble, too! ~~~
Now on the Independent Author Index
It’s taken a while to get set up on this site, but there are reasons for that. What I like about it is that each of the books has an extract available (somewhere) which is one of my choosing. Usually
George, an intelligent engineer
George and I are back home in Castle Marsh after our five day trip to southern Gaul. It was a fascinating and, at times, scary trip. George flew us round the castle as we got lower in the sky, preparing
Ludo, the Pirate King
With George’s help, I have managed to rendezvous with Ludo, formerly King of Castle Marsh, now just a pirate. He sent a message to meet him at the Isle de Giens, in the Central Sea south of Gaul, on the
Kira, adventurer in birth, marriage, life and death
We are at Castle Marsh, in a room in the south-east of the castle, looking out over the marshes. Silvery streams break up the sea of susurrating stems. Small birds fly across the streams every now and then and disappear
Victor on love and life at the Inn
Here we are for the second interview in the series, and Victor is sitting in front of me, swapping his feet over and generally combining an air of nervousness with barely contained excitement. He tells me he has never been